Dsign Fundamntal Courss ARD 1101 Dsign Fundamntals 1 -- 1 4 3 Th cours focuss on basic 2 and 3 dimnsional dsign concpts and fundamntals. It aims at dvloping th studnt s snsory prcption of abstract form by prsnting basic dsign composition lmnts, vocabulary, and concpts. ARD 1202 Dsign Fundamntals 2 ARD 1101 1 4 3 Dvloping analysis, composition and dsign skills: Transformation from abstract 2D and 3D Composition to dsigning for man: Elaborat study of anthropomtrics and rgonomics, human scal, and th mutual man-nvironmnt rlationship; Th mass-spac rlationship in various xrciss that combin th basics of architctural, and intrior dsign. ARD 1103 Architctural Drawing 1 -- -- 6 3 (IDN 261) This cours covrs orthographic projction drawings (.g. floor plan, lvation, sction, furnitur dtails, axonomtric and isomtric drawing) using drafting tools and quipmnt, idntification of drawing dtails, scal and proportion using drafting tools. ARD 1204 Architctural Drawing 2 ARD 1103 -- 6 3 (IDN 262) This cours dvlops and rfins studnts skills acquird in ARD 1103, with particular mphasis on tchnical 3-dimnsional rprsntation of architctural mass and spac, with th aid of prspctiv projction for architctural intriors and xtriors. Th cours includs rndring shads and shadows in plans and lvations, as wll as shadows in prspctiv projctions. It also furthr dvlops rndring and manual prsntation skills. ARD 1105 Frhand Drawing and Sktching -- 6 3 Dvloping and nhancing studnts' skills in frhand drawing and sktching, including introducing th matrials, mthods, and th various aids usd such as pncil sktching, paints, inks and colors. This will also nhanc th studnt's 3D visualization of shaps, forms and spacs.
Lctur ARD 1206 Thory of Color 1 4 3 Introducs studnts to xplor color thory along with undrstanding its composition. Studnts will rcogniz color systms and intraction; proprtis and sns of color and undrlying principls of color slction; th basics of pigmnts mixing and color trminology, contrast and harmonis, th rlationships btwn light, color and vision. Color thorists xrciss involving opportunitis for xprimntation. Cours cod Cours titl Prrquisits Lctur ARD 1207 Architctural Workshop ARD1101 -- 6 3 Principls and basics of Safty in th workshop and workplac. Principls and tchniqus of modl building and 3D rprsntation of dsign projcts; various tools, matrials: woodwork and carpntry, mtalwork, basic wlding, basic sculpting and carving, Painting and finishing, tc. Lctur ARD 2108 Photography -- 1 4 3 (FDN 141) Th cours tachs studnts th basic knowldg of photographic fundamntals rlvant to studnt in Architctur, and intrior dsign, as wll as th rlation btwn ths and mdia. Studnts ar xpctd to us th faturs of digital camras, tchniqus for shooting wll-composd and artistic photographs, and ways to nhanc photos on computr. Lctur ARD 1109 Thory of Architctur -- This cours is a gnral ovrviw of a movmnts, trnds and styls in art and dsign. Studnts ar introducd to a spcific priod of history highlighting important vnts in th art and dsign world in that ra obsrving th changs and dvlopmnts within ach. Lctur ARD 1111 Computr Skills -- -- 6 3 This cours is dsignd to giv all th dsign studnts an introduction to th basic thory of computing and a broad apprciation of how computrs ar usd in dsign. Studnts should gain hands on xprinc of th basics of Photoshop, Illustrator, and othr usful basic graphics Softwar.
Major Supporting Courss: Lctur ARD 1011 Mathmatics Diffrntiation and application; complx numbrs; analytical gomtry; mthod of intgration; infinit sris; powr sris; vctors in thr dimnsion; quations of lin and plan in 3 dimnsion; complx powr sris; complx intgration. Lctur LAR----- Physics (For Enginrs and Dsignrs) Physics and masurmnts; vctors; motions in on and two dimnsions; laws of motion; circular motion; Nwton's laws; work and nrgy; law of gravity linar momntum; and collisions; rotation of a rigid objct about a fixd axis; rolling motion; angular momntum and torqu; static quilibrium and lasticity; oscillatory motion. Lctur ARD 1012 Statics and Mchanics ARD 1011 Basic concpts and units of masurmnt: forc vctors, quilibrium of a particl, forc systm rsultants, quilibrium of rigid bodis, structural analysis of trusss, intrnal forcs of structural mmbrs, cntr of gravity and cntroid, momnt of inrtia, flxural and shar strsss for bams. Lctur ARD 1013 Survying and ARD 1011 1 4 3 Fundamntals of survying: units of masurmnt, scaling, linar masurmnts, lvling, th thodolit, angular masurmnts, contour lins, polygon aras and grids, aras and volums, travrsing, triangulation, making building masurd drawings. Practical xrciss includs: fild survying covring linar masurmnts and EDM, angular masurmnts, lvling; aras and volums, travrsing; triangulation, and photogrammtry. Lctur ARD 1014 Structural Analysis ARD 1012 Fundamntals of structural analysis; Stability; dtrminacy and indtrminacy; Analysis of statically dtrminat trusss; Analysis of statically dtrminat bams; Analysis of statically dtrminat frams, tc.
Architctural Major Rquirmnts: Lctur ARD 2111 Architctural Dsign 1 ARD 1102 -- 6 3 Dsigning simpl actual structurs with limitd functional rquirmnts yt with varid aras and usags on mor than on lvl; mphasis on th form-function and outsid-insid rlationships, and practical application; all within a simpl dsign mthodology that may lad th studnt stp by stp throughout th dsign procss. ARD 2212 Architctural Dsign 2 ARD 2111 -- 6 3 Dsigning mor complx buildings: visual and functional aspcts, and on th structural, conomic, social, and nvironmntal factors influncing th dsign. Emphasizing rsidntial architctural dsigns. It involvs dvloping th studnt s xprssiv abilitis, throughout th various stags of th dsign procss. ARD 3113 Architctural Dsign 3 ARD 2212 -- 6 3 Th dsign of buildings with typical and rptitiv spacs ovr mor than on floor within spcific building typs; fitting th various (formal, functional, structural, nvironmntal, tc.) systms togthr that compris th building. This my includ offic buildings or othr typs of typical commrcial buildings. ARD 3214 Architctural Dsign 4 ARD 3113 -- 6 3 In continuity of th task to dvlop th studnt's abilitis to dal with complx dsign problms in intriors and xtriors, mor sophisticatd dsign problms combin typical spacs with othr various spacs with a varity of masss and/or building blocks, this may includ larg scal commrcial complxs dsigns. ARD 4115 Architctural Dsign 5 ARD 3214 -- 12 6 Continuing th applications of architctural dsign mthods and furthring th studnt s abilitis to handl complx mixd us projcts. Th program covrs cas studis and architctural projcts in an urban nvironmnt with spcializd building typ, as rgards functional systms and urban and architctural charactr. This may includ multipurpos and multifunctional public or commrcial buildings which call for systmic dsign with an ovrall planning grid to insur compatibility btwn th various systms of th building; A hirarchical dsign approach starting with an ovrall dsign and nding up with th dtails.
ARD 4216 Architctural Dsign 6 ARD 4115 -- 12 6 Continuation of its prdcssor with mor complxity and on a largr scal as it dals with larg-scal structurs with systmic dsign ovr two stags: first th ovrall planning and dsign and th dtaild dsign of slctd parts. Spcial attntion should b givn to nvironmntal, intllctual, and cultural aspcts of dsign. Urban r-dvlopmnt projcts, infill dsign, and othrs may b som of th typs of projcts undrtakn in this cours. ARD 5118 Graduation Projct Rsarch ARD 4216 Prparing for th graduation projct by conducting th rsarch ncssary for dsigning; crating a building program for a ral projct on a ral sit within th city, follow a clar and comprhnsiv mthodology that lads th studnt through th procss of dfining th dsign problm and planning th cours of rsolving it, collcting th ncssary data, th proposal of a numbr of concptual dsign altrnativs; th prsntation of th rsarch in a final rport. ARD 5219 Graduation Projct Dsign ARD 5118 -- 12 6 Th final projct will nabl th studnt to look at things mor holistically and with a practical viwpoint. This will also prpar th studnt for th job markt in th local scnario. Th studnt will b prparing th dsigns for th projct sh had arlir rsarchd in ARD 5118.This will includ concpt cration and dvlopmnt into a dsign proposal that rflcts charactr and architctural idntity, and combins togthr th various building systms into on intgratd whol prsnting this comprhnsiv dsign proposal in th form of architctural drawings and architctural modls. Final projcts will b prsntd in front of a panl of xaminrs who rprsnt th collg in addition to xtrnal xaminrs from th profssional fild and workplac. ARD 3217 Intrior Dsign For Architcts ARD 3113 1 4 3 Elaboratd and dtaild dsign of th Intrior spac with spcial mphasis on th prparation of an intrior dsign projct, spac planning and dsign, matrials, furnitur, furnishings, and accssoris, nginring srvics, and th suprvision of th implmntation of th projct. ARD 2121 Building Construction 1 (Matrials) 2 2 3
It basically introducs th studnt to th main concpts of Matrials and Construction; thir natur, charactristics, and sourcs; building construction systms; th rlationship btwn structural systms and th othr nginring systms that togthr compris a building. ARD 2222 Building Construction 2 ARD 2121 2 2 3 A thortical basis about major building parts: walls, columns, floors, roofs, doors and windows, stairs, damp-proofing, tc., and thir dtailing. In continuity of th study of various matrials and systms of construction, th cours covrs th appropriat finishing and flooring tchniqus, within th contxt of architctural dsign courss and th various nvironmntal control cours. Exrciss whr th studnt is rquird to dsign th various dtails for spcific parts of a building ar includd in th practical sssions. ARD 3123 Building Construction 3 ARD 2222 2 2 3 Introducing advancd construction systms in architctur such as complx concrt structurs, stl construction, shll structurs, suspndd and skltal structurs, spac frams, and othrs. Th cours also involvs forming th studnt s ability to comprhnd dtaild drawings of such structurs in addition to undrstanding th limitations of such structurs and thir idal utilization. ARD 3224 Dtailing and Shop Drawings ARD 2221 -- 6 3 Includs th lmnts and componnts of buildings, rfrnc trms and trminology; matrials and systms of construction, and th rang of finishing matrials and applications. Also th studnt is taught th production of a complt st of fully dtaild working drawings for a building: how to show dimnsions, masurmnts, lvls, tc; writing spcifications for various parts and finishs at various scals, and th standard procdurs for handing ovr th structural and architctural works. ARD 2231 Digital Dsign 1 ARD 1111 1 4 3 Th us of computrs in producing 2D and 3D architctural drawings: basic architctural dsign drawings, working drawings, furnitur and accssoris using AutoCAD, Sktch-up, and Illustrator softwar programs. Cours cod Cours titl Prrquisits ARD 3132 Digital Dsign 2 ARD 2231 1 4 3
This cours is th scond of two computr-aidd drawing courss. Topics covrd in this cours includ thr-dimnsional drafting or modling and color rndring of xtrior and intrior spac in addition to animation for architctural purposs. Advancd 3D computr softwar programs may b introducd as 3D Max, Rhino, Rivt, and othrs. Cours cod Cours titl Prrquisits ARD 3244 Dsign Mthodology Highlighting th dsign procss and th many schools of thought rgarding it, and th various mthods of transforming th dsignr's obsrvations, data collction and sarch, analysis and analogy into a concpt and transforming th concpt to th an actual architctural dsign; focusing on th mntal procsss which nabl us to visualiz and form mntal imags which will latr bcom physical forms. Cours cod Cours titl Prrquisits ARD 2141 History of Architctur 1 (Ancint and Classical) Th history of global art and architctur: Analytical rviw of th dvlopmnt of art and architctur in th ancint world and th dawn of civilizations in Msopotamia, th Nil Vally, som xampls from th Ancint far East, and th Classical Grk and Roman civilizations. Th major architctural achivmnts of ach civilization or cultur: Th rlationship btwn thm, with major xampls of ach. Cours cod Cours titl Prrquisits ARD 2242 History of Architctur 2 (Mdival, Rnaissanc and 19th cntury) ARD 2141 An analytical rviw of th dvlopmnt of architctur in: Early Christianity and th Middl Ags (Byzantin, Romansqu, and Gothic Ags), th Rnaissanc, Mannrism, Baroqu and Rococo, Rationalism; Som of th movmnts until mid-19th cntury; Th major architctural achivmnts of ach ag: th rlationship btwn thm, major xampls. ARD 3143 History of Architctur3 (Modrn and Contmporary) ARD 2242 An analytical rviw of th dvlopmnt of architctur sinc mid-nintnth cntury and th roots of Modrnism; th major movmnts of twntith cntury up till th prsnt; major xampls of ach; a discussion of th rlationship btwn architctur and th othr Arts of th tim. ARD 3143 Islamic Architctur ARD 2141
Th dvlopmnt of architctur undr Islamic rul: a brif rviw of th pr-islamic ra, th major dvlopmnts in th ag of th Rightly Guidd Caliphs; An analytical rviw of th major architctural dvlopmnts and achivmnts undr Islamic rul in th various ras: Umayyids, Abbasids, Muslims in Andalucía, Fatimid, Ayyubids, Mamluks, Ottomans, and major 20th cntury contmporary architctural dvlopmnts in th Arab World. Th major architctural achivmnts of ach ag: th rlationship btwn thm, major xampls. ARD 4251 Mchanical Systms (Sanitary and Plumbing Systms) Mathmatics Th fundamntals and principls of tchnical dsign of mchanical srvics in th building: hating and air-conditioning systms, swag and watr supply rquirmnts, tc. ARD 5152 Lighting and Acoustics Physics Lighting: th natur of light, its physical charactristics, thir units of masurmnt, th psychological aspcts of light, typs of lighting and its sourcs, and lighting dsign; Acoustics: th natur of sound, its physical charactristics and thir units of masurmnt, th psychological aspcts of sound and thir ffcts on man, architctural acoustics and thir problms and dsign solutions. ARD 4161 Landscaping 1 4 3 Brif historical rviw of landscap architctur; th main principls of planning and dsigning various locations on both urban and local architctural scals: outsid and insid of buildings, soft and hard dsign lmnts involvd, furnitur and accssoris, tc. Practical application: prvious information is thn to b applid in practical dsign projcts. ARD 4262 Thory of Urban Dsign Introduc th studnt to th various concpts and thoris of urban dsign; urban spac and city form; visual analysis tchniqus of th imag and idntity of plac, in addition to th socio-conomic influncs on th morphology and typology of th city form. ARD 5163 Sustainability in th Built Environmnt Th concpt of sustainability: th objctivs of sustainabl dvlopmnt, th optimization of th us of national rsourcs in architctur, and th dsign of grn and organic spacs that may provid bttr living nvironmnts for all living craturs. Th cours will also xamin th principls of urban consrvation, adaptiv r-us and infill buildings within old urban sttings through analytical studis of slctd aras.
ARD 3271 Profssional Practic (includs Rgulations and Laws) Introduction to th world of profssional practic and th natur of architctur as a profssion: th rol of laws and lgislations, th rol of th Enginrs' Union, th organization of architctural and nginring consultancy offics, firms, and various institutions, profssional conduct and thics; administrativ and financial rsponsibilitis; as wll as initiating th studnt on implmnting local planning and building by- laws, undrtaking fasibility studis and offic and sit managmnt of dfrnt architctural projcts. ARD 4172 Architctural Intrnship ARD 3271 8 wks (200 ) 3 A trm of practical training at an accrditd architctural or nginring consultancy firm or institution is an ssntial rquirmnt in an architctural studnt's training. This would b a studnt's first actual intraction with th architctural workplac and hlp thm furthr undrstand th profssion and its applications. ARD 5173 Documntation and Contracts Initiat th studnt on handling such tasks as th prparation and writing of spcifications and bills of quantitis, taking into considration matrials, mthods of masurmnt and tntativ stimats of cost; all to b implmntd in prparing th bill of quantity survys and calculations; spcification writing; contracts and tndrs. Architctural Elctivs: ARD 1112 Contmporary Arab and Bahrain Architctur An analytical ovrviw of architctural trnds in th Arab world in th lat 20th and arly 21 cntury with spcial mphasis on th architctural and urban dvlopmnt of Bahrain and th Gulf rgion. Th rol of Arab and intrnational architcts and firms and thir rol in transforming th contmporary Arab city will b mphasizd. ARD 1113 Art and Architctural Criticism Th concpt of criticism in its various aspcts: art and applications to architctur; criticism as a crativ procss: both thortical and critical sids, thortical sid tackls basic trminology and ky concpts;
Art and architctur criticism, a brif rviw of xisting critical thoris, th constitunts of criticism, th stags of th critical procss, tc.; Th practical sid is an application of th thortical. ARD 1114 Architctural Consrvation An introduction to th fild of architctural consrvation and rstoration: th main principls, thoris, and ruls of th consrvation of architctural hritag; th main mthods of maintnanc: rstoration, rhabilitation, and rus of buildings; a rviw of th major intrnational achivmnts in this fild. ARD 1115 Managmnt of Historic Sits Emphasizing th concpt of rhabilitation and r-su of historic buildings and Urban Sits and th managmnt of th historic sit. Concpts includ inspction and rgulations, maintnanc of consrvation, nsuring propr r-us and protction from vandalism, nglct and damag. ARD 1116 Furnitur Dsign -- 6 3 Basic dfinitions of furnitur and furnitur typs and styls through history: historical dvlopmnts in furnitur dsign through th modrn and contmporary priods bginning at th industrial rvolution until th prsnt tims; th rol of tchnological progrss on: furnitur dsign, construction, modling, standardization, tc.; Th main modrn trnds in furnitur dsign. Concpts implmntd through actual dsign xrciss and projcts. ARD 1117 Contmporary Issus in Architctur Rsarch, analysis and discussion, of slctd topics concrning contmporary issus and concrns in architctur. Ths my includ thos associatd with various social, political, conomic, nvironmntal, tc. significanc. ARD 1118 Dsign Managmnt Introduc studnt to th various factors involvd in th Economics and Managmnt of building and nhanc th ability to program offic and fild work for architctural projcts. This may includ Dsign projct dvlopmnt: dcision making, basic concpts of capital invstmnt, formulas and applications; rats of rturn; conomic fasibility of; comparison of mutually xclusiv proposals; bnfit-cost ratio mthod; dprciation; corporat taxation; rsourc allocation: optimization procss, linar programming.